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the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (the ‘‘HTS’’) through the 

law, those modifications are not yet in 

effect. This notice announces that the 

United States Trade Representative 

(USTR) has determined that the date on 

which the equivalent amendments to 

the rules of origin to the CAFTA–DR 

have entered into force in all other 

CAFTA–DR Parties is October 13, 2012, 

and that the modifications to the HTS 

pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 

112–163 enter into force on that date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact 

Caroyl Miller, Deputy Textile 

Negotiator, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20508, email 

address: caroyl_miller@ustr.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Law 109–53, the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement Implementation Act 

(the ‘‘CAFTA–DR Act’’) approved the 

CAFTA–DR Agreement. Presidential 

Proclamations 7987 of February 28, 

2006, 7991 of March 24, 2006, 7996 of 

March 31, 2006, 8034 of June 30, 2006, 

8111 of March 1, 2007, and 8331 of 

December, 23 2008, implemented the 

CAFTA–DR Agreement with respect to 

the United States and, pursuant to the 

CAFTA–DR Act, incorporated in the 

HTS the tariff modifications and rules of 

origin necessary or appropriate to carry 

out the CAFTA–DR Agreement. On 

February 23, 2011, the CAFTA–DR 

Agreement Free Trade Commission 

adopted a decision to modify certain 

rules of origin for textile and apparel 

products set forth in Annex 4.1 of the 

CAFTA–DR. 

Public Law 112–163 enacted these 

modifications into the HTS, however, 

they have not entered into force. The 

law provides that these modifications 

apply to goods of a CAFTA–DR Party 

that are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse for consumption, on or after 

the date that the USTR determines is the 

first date on which the equivalent 

amendments to the rules of origin to the 

CAFTA–DR have entered into force in 

all other CAFTA–DR Parties. After 

making this determination, the USTR is 

to publish notice of such determination 

in the Federal Register. This notice 

announces that the USTR has 

determined that the date on which the 

equivalent amendments to the rules of 

origin to the CAFTA–DR have entered 

into force in all other CAFTA–DR 

Parties is October 13, 2012, and that the 

modifications to the HTS pursuant to 

section 2 of Public Law 112–163 enter 

into force on that date. 

Ron Kirk, 

Ambassador, United States Trade 

Representative. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. OST–2012–0031] 

Extension of a Previously Approved 

Collection; Public Charters 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. 

seq.), this notice announces that the 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT) will forward the Information 

Collection Request (ICR), abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for renewal of currently 

approved Public Charters, 14 CFR Part 

380. Earlier, a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period was 

published April 9, 2012 (77 FR 21144). 

The agency did not receive any 

comments to its previous notice. 

DATES: Comments on this notice should 

be received by October 26, 2012: 

attention OMB/OST Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Reather Flemmings, Office of the 

Secretary, Office of International 

Aviation, Department of Transportation, 

Special Authorities Division-X46, 202 

366–1865, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 

W–86–445, Washington, DC, 20590 and 

Torlanda Archer, Office of the Secretary, 

OIA, 202 366–1037. 

Comment: Comments should be sent 

to OMB at the address that appears 

above and should identify the 

associated OMB Approval Number 

2106–0005 and Docket No. OST–2012– 

0031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 2106–0005. 

Title: Public Charters, 14 CFR Part 

380. 

Form Numbers: 4532, 4533, 4534 

4535. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

Previously Approved Collection. 

Respondents: Private Sector: Air 

carriers; tour operators; the general 

public (including groups and 

individuals, corporations and 

Universities or Colleges, etc.). 

Number of Respondents: 245. 

Number of Responses: 1782. 

Total Annual Burden: 891. 

Needs and Uses: 14 CFR part 380 

establishes the regulations of the 

Department’s terms and conditions 

governing Public Charter operators to 

conduct air transportation using direct 

air carriers. Public Charter operators 

arrange transportation for groups of 

people on chartered aircraft. This 

arrangement is less expensive for the 

travelers than individually buying a 

ticket. Part 380 exempts charter 

operators from certain provisions of the 

U.S. code in order that they may 

provide this service. A primary goal of 

Part 380 is to seek protection for the 

consumer. Accordingly, the rule 

stipulates that the charter operator must 

file evidence (a prospectus—consisting 

of OST Forms 4532, 4533, 4534 and 

4535) with the Department for each 

charter program certifying that it has 

entered into a binding contract with a 

direct air carrier to provide air 

transportation and that it has also 

entered into agreements with 

Department-approved financial 

institutions for the protection of charter 

participants’ funds. The prospectus 

must be approved by the Department 

prior to the operator’s advertising, 

selling or operating the charter. If the 

prospectus information were not 

collected it would be extremely difficult 

to assure compliance with agency rules 

and to assure that public security and 

other consumer protection requirements 

were in place for the traveling public. 

The information collected is available 

for public inspection (unless the 

respondent specifically requests 

confidential treatment). Part 380 does 

not provide any assurances of 

confidentiality. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

19, 2012. 

Patricia Lawton, 

Department of Transportation PRA Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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